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Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: Tim_B on May 06, 2009, 06:58:41 PM

Anyone bought any of this sort?:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=280339439021

Looks decent and price is good compared to Feed ones :Giggle
But wondering if quality is any good, so difficult to tell from a few pics on ebay

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: mutleysfriend on May 06, 2009, 08:13:37 PM

I also saw these, on the feedback page someone bought some and said:
"had to do minor modification but all is good"
Not really sure what to make of that but they are quite cheap I might give it a go.:)
Cheers,
mf.

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: Bobbit on May 06, 2009, 08:40:52 PM

Yep, they are crap. They dont fit very well, when you open the door the handle catches on the surround, and the lacqer peels off very quickly. They look rubbish when fitted too, especially if you have any real carbon bits fitted.

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: mutleysfriend on May 06, 2009, 09:00:21 PM

Quote from: Bobbit;605676Yep, they are crap. They dont fit very well, when you open the door the handle catches on the surround, and the lacqer peels off very quickly. They look rubbish when fitted too, especially if you have any real carbon bits fitted.

Good to know...to be avoided then.

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: ENVYD on May 06, 2009, 09:45:13 PM

as rob said! they are crap they catch and when i was driving along they fell off!

do not fit over 100% either!

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: Tim_B on May 06, 2009, 10:43:58 PM

Cheers guys, I thought that might be the case but was hoping not. Feed ones look good but are way too expensive - oh well will stick with stock ones

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: SleepyDude on May 07, 2009, 12:35:42 PM

Glad this came up, my handles are looking a little scruffy so was thinking about these to tidy them up. Bullet dodged lol

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: Bobbit on May 07, 2009, 12:47:56 PM

I\'ve got myself a spare set of handles and am planning on covering them in real carbon fibre, it\'s quite easy to do and looks the dogs danglies. Have a search as i\'m sure there is a write up on here about how to do it.

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: Kieron on May 07, 2009, 12:49:05 PM

Quote from: Bobbit;605845I\'ve got myself a spare set of handles and am planning on covering them in real carbon fibre, it\'s quite easy to do and looks the dogs danglies. Have a search as i\'m sure there is a write up on here about how to do it.

I\'ve done this :yes

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: D2BBA on May 07, 2009, 01:19:50 PM

I bought some off a club member for muchos cheapness.

As the lads say the fitness aint the best, but they were 100% better then the original handles. Once trimmed they werent too bad.

Chris

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: SleepyDude on May 07, 2009, 01:40:29 PM

Quote from: Kieron;605846I\'ve done this :yes

Any pics mate, otherwise i might just take mine off and clean them up and respray them.

Cheers

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: Aceman on May 08, 2009, 12:03:14 PM

I\'ve a set of these (or similar anyway) and they lasted about a year before the laquer started to come off the drivers side.

I\'d recommend them, but remember to budget in a need to replace them (in my instance anyway) approx every 1 to 2 years.. Might make it worthwhile buying something more proper thus :)

Title: Carbon door handles
Post by: steveobennet on May 08, 2009, 07:22:57 PM

why not get some real carbon door handle covers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-RX-7-RX7-FD3S-REAL-Carbon-Fiber-Door-Lock-Trims_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em63Q2el1177QQhashZitem370193689191QQitemZ370193689191QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

ebay.com item no 370193689191

Mazda Rotary Club

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